Here’s what happens when you put politicians in charge of science
Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions.
Category: Science
New sodium metal battery design charges in just 4 minutes and retains its capacity for years
Researchers in China have announced a radical sodium metal battery (SMB) design that can fully charge in just four minutes and will retain its capacity
Canon EOS R6 III review: A wildlife wonder
The Canon EOS R6 III is Canon’s newest full-frame camera. We absolutely loved the R6 II when we reviewed it , and the Mark III’s
‘Explosive diarrhea’ parasite infections confirmed in hundreds of people across US, with 1,251 in Michigan alone
At least 20 people across 17 states have been hospitalized due to severe gastrointestinal illness as more than 1,000 cases of the parasitic infection cyclosporiasis
‘Complex numbers are not needed for quantum mechanics’: Physicists develop quantum model that uses only ‘real’ numbers for first time ever
For the first time, physicists have built a working version of quantum mechanics without complex numbers — numbers that have been considered essential to the
Scientists build tiny ‘diving suit’ for cockroaches, turning them into search-and-rescue cyborgs
Engineers have designed a waterproof “diving suit” for cyborg cockroaches that enables the hybrid insects to survive and roam underwater for up to three hours.
New robotic heart mimics common, mysterious condition to help researchers study it
Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of
Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.
A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve
Dirty ‘button’ unearthed by metal detectorist turns out to be a rare 900-year-old coin from Norway’s last Viking king, Magnus Barefoot
A metal detectorist in Norway dismissed a rare 900-year-old silver coin as a button, before researchers realized it was a one-of-a-kind piece linked to Magnus
‘800 seconds for a sick visit’: Some factors driving antibiotic resistance have nothing to do with biology, says medical sociologist Julia Szymczak
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a time This interview is the second article in a series comparing antibiotic use
Summit living isn’t a problem for this tiny mouse
A boost to heat production and drawing in more oxygen may help Andean leaf-eared mice thrive at altitude.
Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close
These sulfur crystals were found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024
Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?
Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe? The question has captivated us for centuries, but despite decades of searching it remains frustratingly unanswered. Every
‘Astronomers have to revise estimates’: The Milky Way may be larger, heavier and more lopsided than we realized
Two of the Milky Way’s gigantic spiral arms appear to be much farther away than we realized, scientists have discovered after listening to the echoes